2023
Generation of ventralized human thalamic organoids with thalamic reticular nucleus
Kiral F, Cakir B, Tanaka Y, Kim J, Yang W, Wehbe F, Kang Y, Zhong M, Sancer G, Lee S, Xiang Y, Park I. Generation of ventralized human thalamic organoids with thalamic reticular nucleus. Cell Stem Cell 2023, 30: 677-688.e5. PMID: 37019105, PMCID: PMC10329908, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2023.03.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman embryonic stem cellsSingle-cell RNA sequencingReceptor tyrosine protein kinaseTyrosine protein kinaseEmbryonic stem cellsDisease-associated genesLineage developmentRNA sequencingHuman brain developmentOrganoid systemsStem cellsHuman brain organoidsNeuronal functionBrain organoidsOrganoidsBrain organoid systemsDistinct nucleiBrain developmentThalamic developmentPTCHD1NucleusKinaseGenesSequencing
2019
hESC-Derived Thalamic Organoids Form Reciprocal Projections When Fused with Cortical Organoids
Xiang Y, Tanaka Y, Cakir B, Patterson B, Kim KY, Sun P, Kang YJ, Zhong M, Liu X, Patra P, Lee SH, Weissman SM, Park IH. hESC-Derived Thalamic Organoids Form Reciprocal Projections When Fused with Cortical Organoids. Cell Stem Cell 2019, 24: 487-497.e7. PMID: 30799279, PMCID: PMC6853597, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2018.12.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReciprocal projectionsThree-dimensional organoid modelsForebrain disorderHuman brain developmentCortical organoidsHuman thalamusPeripheral tissuesThalamusRelated disordersThalamic developmentSingle-cell RNA sequencingBrain developmentHuman embryonic stem cellsCircuit organizationCortexOrganoid modelsRegion-specific organoidsTelencephalic fateStem cellsOrganoid techniquesOrganoidsDisordersRNA sequencingRelay hubDisease